Affordable Seychelles – more real than many may want to believe
9 March 2016 The Seychelles, within reach The Seychelles. Just the very name of this island may make you turn away in belief that it is out of reach. However, your holiday to this tropical paradise may be more possible than you think. While budget getaways may not sound luxurious, affordable Seychelles accommodation is a […]
Tourism Tattler Newsletter MARCH 2016
Enjoy yet more news from across Africa … NEWSLETTER ISSUE 03 – MARCH 2016 The March edition features Environmental Tourism and the global impact that this has on environmental conservation. You can read the entire 28 page magazine by clicking onto the cover image above or download a PDF of just the page that […]
Air Seychelles improves inter Vanilla Island connectivity
MAHE TO MADAGASCAR NOW FOUR TIMES A WEEK (Posted 09th March 2016) Gone are the days when connections between the Vanilla Islands were far and few between. The recent upping of frequencies from Mahe to Mauritius is now being followed by the announcement from Air Seychelles earlier this morning that flights to Antananarivo will also […]
Voice over LTE brings crystal clear calls to Ugandans – at last
Smile Communications leads the 4GLTE Innovation in Africa (Posted 09th March 2016) Mobile phone services subscribers, in Uganda but also elsewhere in Africa, are often complaining about the quality of connections, dropped calls, i.e. connections which prematurely and often abruptly ended and the pitfalls of not getting what the person at the other end of […]
Research on mobile usage trends shows Kenya leads in Africa
Kenyan travellers lead in sharing their travels online (Posted 09th March 2016) African travellers are thinking mobile now more than ever, according to an independent research study commissioned by Amadeus, a leading technology partner for the global travel industry. The Africa Travel Research Study, which has just been released, was conducted by research-led strategy consultancy, […]
Zimbabwe ready to capture market share from Germany
TEAM ZIMBABWE READY TO SHOWCASE THE COUNTRY (Posted 09th March 2016) The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority is leading a high powered tourism industry delegation to promote Zimbabwe at the world’s leading travel fair, International Tourism Bourse (ITB) which takes place in Berlin Germany from today until the 13th of March 2016. Among the tourism industry stakeholders […]
Category One status within grasp for JKIA as new arrival terminal launch just days away
NEW ARRIVAL TERMINALS AT JOMO KENYATTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT A GAME CHANGER FOR KENYA (Posted 09th March 2016) President Uhuru Kenyatta will follow in the footsteps of his late father, Founder President Jomo Kenyatta, when he will next week formally launch the two new arrival facilities at Kenya’s largest airport. JKIA was named after President Uhuru […]
The Pearl Guide for Easter 2016 – Plenty to do while in Uganda
Visitors to Uganda often ask but what is there to do … my answer, far too much to even begin featuring it here in a quick response. For information where to go and what to do, start here with the latest edition of the Pearl Guide, dedicated to the upcoming Easter season. Hello dear reader! […]
Reunion team gets confidence boost ahead of ITB
Reunion Island voted the most promising exotic destination in China (Posted 08th March 2016) After winning two awards in China in January, Reunion Island has again landed a trophy, this time at the 2016 China Forum for Travelers.The award ceremony has been held for the past seven years and is organized by Ctrip, the online […]
Next after ITB – WORLD TRAVEL MARKET AFRICA 2016 – Capetown: 6th to 8th April, 2016
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International Women’s Day makes waves across the aviation world
BRUSSELS AIRLINES, RWANDAIR AND OTHERS SET THE TREND WITH ALL FEMALE CREWS TODAY (Posted 08th March 2016) The daily Brussels Airlines flight to New York this morning took off with an all female crew on board, cockpit and cabin alike, celebrating and honouring the International Women’s Day by demonstrating how far inroads into formerly all […]
Meet the Seychelles at ITB
Meet the Seychelles delegation at ITB Tourism Trade Fair with Tourism Minister St.Ange, Tourism Board CEO Sherin Naiken and a large number of participants from the archipelago’s private sector Minister Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture is on his way to Berlin in Germany for the 2016 edition of the ITB […]
Fastjet PLC issues profit warning
TANZANIA’S BAN ON OFFICIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS ON FASTJET MARCH TO PROFITABILITY (Posted 07th March 2016) Fastjet PLC in the UK issued a profit warning earlier today, indicating that their march towards writing black bottom line figures will take a while longer to accomplish. This comes hot on the heels of Stelios Haji-Ioannou attacking outgoing CEO […]
Uganda Immigration Service under fire over denying tourists the common tourist Visa
INDIVIDUAL ERROR OR SYSTEMATIC UNWRITTEN POLICY – UGANDA’S IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT MUST ANSWER CLAIMS OF UNDERMINING COMMON TOURIST VISA (Posted 07th March 2016) After already being East Africa’s most expensive country to enter, with Visa fees of 100 US Dollars, have now claims emerged that the Ugandan Immigration at Entebbe International Airport is refusing visitors to […]
ATQ News says ‘Kenya’s African tourism market growth is higher than all our traditional markets’ – Jacin ta
The latest updates from Nigeria and West Africa, courtesy of Ikechi Uko’s ATQ News broadcast service … ATQnews.com a member of Travel Media Group. This is the online platform for African Travel Quarterly (ATQ), the first Travel magazine in West Africa which solely focuses on travel and tourism issues. It started publishing offline about 10 […]
Kenya Airways’ CEO responds
As one is almost used to these days from Kenya have local media once again given rabid critics of national carrier Kenya Airways an open platform where innuendo is chasing yet more innuendo and where the author’s – one is almost tempted to say hate – is dripping from both the lines and the in […]
East Africa’s shrinking icecaps – a harbinger of climate change to come
‘SNOWS ON KILIMANJARO’ – NO LONGER AS HEMINGWAY SAW THEM (Posted 07th March 2016) When Ernest Hemingway wrote the short story ‘Snows on Kilimanjaro‘ in 1936 was the world as we know it today still largely intact. When in 1952 the story was turned into a film, starring such greats as Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner […]
Participate in the AWLS Photo Competition 2016
See a full solar eclipse this September on Reunion Island
SOLAR ECLIPSE EXPECTED TO BRING THOUSANDS OF EXTRA VISITORS TO REUNION IN SEPTEMBER (Posted 06th March 2016) On the 01st of September 2016 Reunion will be ringside location to observe an astronomical event out of the ordinary: an annular eclipse of the Sun will plunge much of the island into twilight darkness for more than […]
International Institute for Peace Through Tourism Newsletter
Ahead of the upcoming ITB in Berlin, here are the lastest news updates from IIPT March 2016 Edition IIPT India Inaugurates the First Global Peace Awards for Empowered Women in Tourism IIPT India In association with the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and ITB Berlin is conducting the first Global Peace Awards for Empowered Women […]
Boeing B787 nose gear collapse in Addis Ababa raises questions
INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY INTO ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE (Posted 06th March 2016) The collapse of a nose gear of a Boeing B787 Dreamliner on pushback from the gate in Addis Ababa is now subject to an investigation by the Ethiopian aviation regulators. About to leave for flight ET702 to Rome last night did the aircraft […]
Zimbabwe changes Visa rules to bring more tourists to the country
CITIZENS OF 37 MORE COUNTRIES CAN NOW GET VISA ON ARRIVAL IN ZIMBABWE (Posted 05th March 2016) Just in time for the upcoming ITB Tourism Fair in Berlin has Zimbabwe announced significant changes in their Visa policy, to make visits of tourists easier. All SADC – short for Southern African Development Cooperation – memberstate citizens […]
Uganda gets first large scale solar powered electricity plant
UGANDA’S TOWN OF SOROTI CHOSEN FOR 10 MW SOLAR PLANT MORE SOLAR POWER COULD HELP SAVE UGANDA’S ENDANGERED WHITE WATER RAFTING INDUSTRY (Posted 05th March 2016) Access Uganda Solar Limited is the company which will on 17th of March begin construction of a 10 MW solar powered electricity plant outside the town of Soroti, a […]
Balala leads Kenyan team to ITB 2016
LARGE KENYAN DELEGATION HEADING TO BERLIN FOR THE 50TH ITB EDITION (Posted 05th March 2016) A large Kenyan contingent made up of a cross section of the country’s tourism industry, will be leaving Nairobi shortly for Germany to attend the annual ITB, short for Internationale Tourismus Boerse, the world’s leading tourism trade fair. Led by […]
Fastjet Zimbabwe announces flights from Victoria Falls to Johannesburg
FASTJET’S EASTER EGG CONTAINS NEW ROUTE TO VICTORIA FALLS (Posted 05th March 2016) Effective 25th of March will Fastjet Zimbabwe commence twice weekly flights between Victoria Falls and Johannesburg, in time for the busy Easter season. Operated by an Airbus A19 will the flights initially operate every Friday and Sunday, facilitating weekend visits to the […]
AFRAA’s latest news updates about all things aviation from across Africa
AFRAA, the African Airline Association based in Nairobi, is the continent’s premier airline platform, representing the interests of members vis a vis governments and international organizations. Read on what has been happening in Africa’s aviation sector over the past few months, including confirmation that Ethiopian Airlines has signed up with RwandAir for a strategic partnership […]
Growing demand for hotel rooms sees Yaya Towers shift from residences to hotel operation
YAYA HOTEL – THE LATEST ADDITION TO NAIROBI’S GROWING HOSPITALITY SCENE (Posted 04th March 2016) Perhaps a new trend was started when the owners of the Yaya Towers in the Kilimani / Hurlingham area of Nairobi decided to move from their hitherto proven concept of letting out apartments and residences to a proper hotel operation. […]
Three weeks and counting for Brussels Airlines
When Brussels Airlines a few months ago announced they would launch flights to Toronto, was excitement high in Uganda and Rwanda, as Canada – also a member of the Commonwealth – remains one of the top ten travel destinations for East Africans.Also back on the schedule will be Washington DC for the summer season, but […]
Boardroom struggle at Fastjet PLC sees cantankerous Stelios Haji-Ioannou take aim at top management
FORMER EASYJET BOSS STELIOS HAJI-IOANNOU CALLS FOR EGM AT FASTJET (Posted 04th March 2016) Not satisfied with his feud with the current management at Easyjet has Stelios Haji-Ioannou now taken his cantankerous nature to Fastjet, where he reportedly holds a 12 percent share package. Not entirely out of the blue but surprising for its sudden […]
Rwanda strikes deal to return rhinos to Akagera
AKAGERA SET TO BECOME ANOTHER ‘BIG FIVE PARK‘ (Posted 04th March 2016) It seems a done deal now for Eastern Black rhinos to return to Rwanda, after the Rwanda Development Board and African Parks – AP manages Akagera under a joint venture agreement – partnered with the Dutch government to start the process of relocating […]
